# The Competition Act 1998 (Research and Development Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022, Article 6: Access to pre-existing know-how

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If the R&D agreement does not provide for joint exploitation of the results it must provide that each party to the agreement is to be granted access to any pre-existing know-how of the other parties if this know-how is indispensable for the purposes of its exploitation of the results.
(2) An R&D agreement does not breach the condition in paragraph(1) by requiring a party to the agreement to compensate another party to the agreement for obtaining access to its pre-existing know-how, provided the compensation required is not so high as to effectively prevent such access.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1271/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-research-and-development-agreements-block-exemption-order-2022/article-6
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